Part of the Mission Family By C. Lee Clark, Rescue Mission CEO Thanks to you, and God’s protection and provi- sion, your Rescue Mission is strong and ready for what may come next. I shared these words in our weekly video Mission Update recently as a declaration of encouragement and hope. These weekly snapshots into the life of the Mission are there to invite you into the life-saving work of this ministry and to tangibly demonstrate the value we place on the relationships we have with you as volunteers, prayer partners and donors. To connect with these messages, follow the Rescue Mission on social media or sign up for Mission emails at rescuemission.net. Relationships are vital. If God has given me any gift or strength, building resilient, collaborative relationships is one of them. As I’ve prayed about and thought about my own family, I am grateful for what I’ve learned from my Mom and Dad. Growing up in Patrick County, solid relationships were instilled in my very soul from an early age. How could it not be? For a people who were deep- ly rooted in Southwest Virginia going back many generations, our lives were intertwined. I grew up knowing great-grandparents and grandparents together with a whole host of uncles, aunts and cousins. And if neighbors weren’t relatives, certainly they knew my people and had expectations of how I was to act and the values that I was to live into. We were dependent on each other, freely sharing everything from produce from our gardens to life’s wisdom. These strong women and men were both earthly and spiritual mothers and fathers to me. I learned from them both what to do, and in other cases what not to do, based on how they lived their lives. I was encouraged, strengthened, challenged and mentored whether they knew they were doing this or not. To raise up a child was the right thing to do and the entire community was a part of this love and discipline. I credit these women and men with the start of my faith in Christ, which thanks to them, has continue to expand and grow over these many years. As I think about the strengths of this Rescue Mission, relationships are paramount. The relationships forged between Emergency Shelter guests, The Way Forward Recovery program participants, vol- unteers, donors and staff build up and encourage in both love and discipline. Many who come here have experienced trauma and have not had positive relationships with the moms and dads in their lives. Life on the streets with no place to call home or in the bondage of addiction further pushed Newsletter JUNE 2020 | P.O. Box 11525, Roanoke, VA 24022 | rescuemission.net | (540) 343-7227 2020 IMPACT year to date Continued on back page VOLUNTEER NEEDS Serving Dinner & Clean Up 4:15 pm - 7:30 pm; Daily Boxing Groceries & Distribution 7:30 am - 10:30 am; Saturday only Serving breakfast & Clean Up 5:30 am - 8:30 am; Daily Serving Lunch & Clean Up 11:00 am - 2:00 pm; Daily except Sunday Preparing Groceries for Later Distribution 8:00 am - 11:00 am; Tuesday only To volunteer please go to rescuemission.ivolunteer.com or contact us at [email protected]or call (540) 343-7227 1,131 FAITH ENCOUNTERS 17,835 VOLUNTEER HOURS 3,776 CLINIC PATIENT ENCOUNTERS 60,206 MEALS SERVED 27,680 NIGHTS OF SAFE SHELTER 7,172 CLOTHING & FURNITURE HELP $723,177 VALUE OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDED 5,345 HOURS OF LIFE, JOB & RECOVERY SKILLS TRAINING 962 CASE MANAGEMENT & RECOVERY SUPPORT VISITS 434,026 / $23,264 RECYCLING (POUNDS) AND REVENUE 1,850 MANNA FOOD BOXES DISTRIBUTED 549,669 FOOD DONATIONS (POUNDS)
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Part of the Mission Family By C. Lee Clark, Rescue Mission CEO
Thanks to you, and God’s protection and provi-sion, your Rescue Mission is strong and ready for what may come next. I shared these words in our weekly video Mission Update recently as a declaration of encouragement and hope. These weekly snapshots into the life of the Mission are there to invite you into the life-saving work of this ministry and to tangibly demonstrate the value we place on the relationships we have with you as volunteers, prayer partners and donors. To connect with these messages, follow the Rescue Mission on social media or sign up for Mission emails at rescuemission.net.
Relationships are vital. If God has given me any gift or strength, building resilient, collaborative relationships is one of them. As I’ve prayed about and thought about my own family, I am grateful for what I’ve learned from my Mom and Dad. Growing up in Patrick County, solid relationships were instilled in my very soul from an early age. How could it not be? For a people who were deep-ly rooted in Southwest Virginia going back many generations, our lives were intertwined. I grew up knowing great-grandparents and grandparents together with a whole host of uncles, aunts and cousins. And if neighbors weren’t relatives, certainly they knew my people and had expectations of
how I was to act and the values that I was to live into. We were dependent on each other, freely sharing everything from produce from our gardens to life’s wisdom.
These strong women and men were both earthly and spiritual mothers and fathers to me. I learned from them both what to do, and in other cases what not to do, based on how they lived their lives. I was encouraged, strengthened, challenged and mentored whether they knew they were doing this or not. To raise up a child was the right thing to do and the entire community was a part of this love and discipline. I credit these women and men with the start of my faith in Christ, which thanks to them, has continue to expand and grow over these many years.
As I think about the strengths of this Rescue Mission, relationships are paramount. The relationships forged between Emergency Shelter guests, The Way Forward Recovery program participants, vol-unteers, donors and staff build up and encourage in both love and discipline. Many who come here have experienced trauma and have not had positive relationships with the moms and dads in their lives. Life on the streets with no place to call home or in the bondage of addiction further pushed
Boxing Groceries & Distribution 7:30 am - 10:30 am; Saturday only
Serving breakfast & Clean Up 5:30 am - 8:30 am; Daily
Serving Lunch & Clean Up 11:00 am - 2:00 pm; Daily except Sunday
Preparing Groceries for Later Distribution 8:00 am - 11:00 am; Tuesday only
To volunteer please go torescuemission.ivolunteer.comor contact us at [email protected] call (540) 343-7227
1,131 FAITH ENCOUNTERS
17,835 VOLUNTEER HOURS
3,776 CLINIC PATIENT ENCOUNTERS
60,206 MEALS SERVED
27,680 NIGHTS OF SAFE SHELTER
7,172 CLOTHING & FURNITURE HELP
$723,177 VALUE OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDED
5,345 HOURS OF LIFE, JOB & RECOVERY SKILLS TRAINING
962 CASE MANAGEMENT & RECOVERY SUPPORT VISITS
434,026 / $23,264 RECYCLING (POUNDS) AND REVENUE
1,850 MANNA FOOD BOXES DISTRIBUTED
549,669 FOOD DONATIONS (POUNDS)
Donation Center hours are nowMonday-Friday9:00am-4:00pm
Rescue Mission Donation Center421 Fourth Street, SE, Roanoke
Every Donation Makes a Difference
Church of the Holy Spirit Youth helped make to-go lunches
Joe Birchfield from Pepsi Beverages Company donated several bags of goodies for guests that include bottled water, snacks, and juice
A group from Journey Church brought several boxes and one tote full of canned goods and condiments. They also volunteered in the kitchen preparing and serving dinner.
Volunteers from Barrows, Inc helped serve dinner
This is a letter we received from Cynthia Wynn, a guest who just moved out from our Women and Childrens Shelter into her own apartment. Blessings happen every day at the Rescue Mission, and this is just one of them.
I came to the Mission October 2, 2018. I came there straight out of a drug rehab after 45 days. I had 44 days clean the day I got to the Mis-sion. I was nervous and scared..... going to a place I’ve never been in an area that I’m not from. It took me a few months to actually find my way while I was there. The staff there helped guide me and would talk to me through any problem I came to them with. The staff actually cared and I found that weird. I’m a very firm believer in God..... and prayed every single day to him for strength and guidance. My life before going to re-hab was very bad. I was a die hard atheist for over 20 years.....I wanted to stop using drugs and I was not able to do it on my own. One night after an NA meeting that I went to high....I came home..... crying and yelling to God, asking him that if he is real to HELP ME don’t let me die...I need help. The very next day the doors started opening for me to get the help I needed that I was trying to already get and hitting every brick wall. I firmly believe going to the Mission after rehab was where God wanted me to be. Being at the Mission gave me the motivation to want to stay clean.....gave me motivation to make better decisions in my life.... that did not include using. Not only was I learning to live drug free but also learning to live by faith and NOT fear and worry. Because of the choices I have made.....I got a job that allowed me to leave the Mission the right way. More then a year later....I still have the same job.... I’m BLESSED to be able to work from home right now. I don’t have a lot in my life....
But what I do have I have worked for and I’m able to keep it. I have no one to help me with money at all.... so needless to say failure is NOT an op-tion. I pray to God every single day. And no matter if I had a bad day and nothing was going the way I wanted.... I’m still thanking God for that day that I got through it and he helped me do that. I’m not where I want to be in life.... but what I know is by the grace of God..... I’m not where I used to be in life. My biggest advice I can give to any one there trying to get their life together is.....DON’T GIVE UP!!!! Push through the hard days no matter what.... pray for strength. Don’t forget what you are working towards.... and don’t let the negativity bring you down. Stay focused..... because in the end it will ALLLLLLL be worth it. Let go and let God...
Because we can not carry all the burdens and worry. Never in my life have I ever felt so liberated as I do now. I have had really tough times in the past year and I continue to push through the tears and pray that God gives me the strength and guidance that I need for each day. I’m Proud to say now that I have 18 months clean and pushing for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!
For Memory and Honor Gifts received April 15 through May 15
In Memory & Honor of...To Remember and Honor, to Remember and Honor
these men, women and children away from healthy relationships. And yet at this Rescue Mission, an environment of hope, love and accountability draws these individuals into a family, building connections that last beyond the boundaries of this campus.
Daily, we see that healing often starts with a warm greeting and a good meal. From there, a hot shower and a safe place to lay your head comes next. Cognitive doors open for direction from Case Managers, oppor-tunities to learn and grow through classes and experience the love of Christ in Chapel. Incorporated into all this are relationships built with staff and volunteers, lived out by tangible example and faith in Christ.
As we live into the next right thing as an organization, we are ex-panding wrap-around services and aftercare for guests and program participants who are successfully completing programs and moving into employment and permanent housing. The goal is to continue these supportive relationships by leveraging partnerships with local churches to help ensure that the hard work and discipline resulting in successful outcomes doesn’t fall short when the next crisis hits. Once guests and program participants find stability, they shouldn’t have to worry about falling back into homelessness or addiction. These efforts include continuing to build capacity and strength in Case Management and The Way Forward Recovery Program together
with expanding opportunities in Transitional and Sober Housing.
1 Thessalonians 5 offers a wealth of exhortation. In fact the entire chapter offers practical direction for creating and building these kinds of meaningful relationships. Here we are told to:
• encourage one another and build each other up • live in peace with each other • help the weak, be patient with everyone • always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else • rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances
Take a few moments and read this small but powerful chapter. Reflect on the relationships in your life. What example are you offering? How are you encouraging and building others up? This exercise is one we must do continually in our lives, as spiritual mothers and fathers to many, as we strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone. Your relationship with this Rescue Mission is powerful, resulting in health, hope and healing.
I’m so grateful we’re all part of this family.
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IMMEDIATE NEEDS• Sunscreen• Lotion• Diapers (Size 6 and 4T/5T)
• Hair Care Products for African American Women• Bubble Wrap
Ramona Haynes donated 80 masks she handmade herself
The Landing Love Project group from Landing Restaurant at Smith Mountain Lake delivered wraps, chicken salad sandwiches and several containers of soups for the Rescue Mission
Casey Ward the General Manager at TGIF’s Restaurant in Roanoke donated food items for the kitchen
Harsukh and Shila Patolia made a generous donation to cover the cost of meals for a week for guests who stay at the mission
Kellie and Griffith Ridgway donated several boxes of toothpaste